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Sigeion, drachm — Owl standing right (CN type 22715)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 360–340 BC

Issuing entity

Troas

Drachm in silver struck at Sigeion in Troas, dated c. 360–340 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22715 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Athena three-quarter facing right, wearing triple-crested helmet. Reverse: Owl standing right. Legend: ΣΙΓΕ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.09 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 16 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the reduced Chian weight standard.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
0

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Historical context

Sigeion was an ancient Greek city located in the north-west of the Troad, an Anatolian region bounded by the Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea. Positioned on a ridge by the mouth of the Scamander River, the city commanded the Sigean Promontory, which served ancient geographers as an important landmark marking the entrance to the Hellespont. The settlement issued civic coinage during the Classical Period.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
drachm
Recorded diameter
16 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.09 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Sigeion
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Weight standard
reduced Chian

Design

Obverse type
Head of Athena three-quarter facing right, wearing triple-crested helmet.
Reverse type
Owl standing right.
Reverse legend
ΣΙΓΕ

Identification

Period
Classical Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22715
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22715
Source note
The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.

Documentation checklist

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Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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